ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 71 



specimens.) Brachiopoda (Table-cases 85, 8G) -2,473 Brachiopoda have been named 

 mounted npon tablets, labelled, and arranged in these cases during the past vcar 

 (290 registered). 01^ 



Crustacea (Wall-cases 14a., 14b). New and improved fittings have been intro- 

 duced into these cases, and 575 Trilobita, Pliyllopoda, CMracoda, &c., have been 

 mounted upon tablets, named, labelled, and arranged upon the slopes, whilst larger 

 objects in frames have been fitted up at the back of the cases. ' '' 



One hundred and fifty-five other specimens of Crustacea have been mounted readv 

 for incorporation. "^ 



A slab covered with Ostrcea Iceviuscula from the Kimmeridge clay has been 

 mounted in a frame, and glazed, and fixed upon the wall between Wall-cases, Nos. 

 6 and 7. 



A slab of Portland Oolite, with numerous specimens of Pcrna Bouchardi and 

 Pecten lamellosus, has been framed and glazed and fixed upon the wall between 

 Wall-cases, Nos. 5 and 6. 



Echinozoa. — The Foreign Echinoids occupy Wall-cases, 15, IC, and part of 17. 

 Eight hundred and fourteen tablets (bearing 2,18G specimens) have been prepared, the 

 specimens mounted, and labels written or printed for each tablet. 



The collection not exhibited, is arranged in 48 drawers, 1,805 specimens have been 

 determined and placed in travs in cabinets under table-cases. Registered specimens 

 3282. ' ^ 1 > 



Crinoidea. — Five hundred and sixty specimens (chiefly foreign) have been mounted 

 on 3G0 tablets and labelled and arranged upon the slopes in Wall-cases 17 and 18. 

 About 39 larger slabs of Crinoids have been mounted upon blocks or in frames, and 

 arranged at the back of these cases. 5,108 specimens have been determined and regis- 

 tered during the year. 



Planted (Gallery 10). The fine series of Wealden Plants forming the " Rufi'ord 

 Collection," acquired during the past year, comprising many beautiful examples of 

 the leaves and flowering organs of the Cycadece, the cones and foliage of Coniferce ; 

 and fronds of Filicince, from the Wealden beds of Sussex, have been registered, and 

 a selected series exhibited in Table-cases 20 and 21. 



One hundred and twenty British Jurassic plants have been mounted upon tablets, 

 and placed in Table-cases 25 and 26. 



Twenty-six large Wealden and Jurassic Cycadece have been mounted upon pedestal- 

 blocks, and arranged in Wall-case 13. 



A fine trunk of a Coniferous tree from the Purbeck beds. Isle of Portland (j^art of 

 the " Baber Collection "), has been mounted on a pedestal in the centre of this 

 Gallery, with a polished section, cut from it, placed near it. 



The other large Portland tree (formerly upon a temporary stand) has been pro- 

 vided also with a permanent pedestal. 



880 specimens of plants have been registered during the year. 



Type Collections — (Gallery No. 11.) Considerable progress has been made in the 

 task of mounting these collection on tablets, and naming and labelling the specimens 

 in a permanent manner. The following are the numbers of specimens mounted 

 belonging to each collection, viz. : — 



Of the Sowerby Collection _ _ _ _ _ 



,, Sloane ditto ._---- 



,, Konig, &c. ditto ------ 



„ Brander - ditto ------ 



Gilbertson ditto ------ 



Department Library. — (Gallery No. 9.) 



The work of cataloguing and stamping the various additions to the Library has 

 continued to be carried on as usual, during the year : — 



1,120 old slip-titles have been revised, and 



2,571 new slip-titles written. 



The number of volumes catalogued has been 2,765. 



The number of volumes bound has been 154. 



The additions to the Library during the past year have been as follows : — 



By Donation : — 



Completed Works ----- 11 



Parts and Pamphlets, &c. - - - - 198 



209 



0.74. I -i 



- 3,002 

 93 



specimen 



78 

 126 





305 





3,604 





